December is finally here!
Should we be smiling or sulking?
The new year will welcome us in 30 more days.
Enjoy the last 30 days of 2012!
2013 was predicted never to arrive as 2012 will be the end of the world! :O
So let's see if 2013 does become reality.
for now, life still goes on. we still have got to suck it up and live it!
O well, I always believe that new beginings lead to new challenges and new moments in life :)
life would be tooooo boring if we kept doing the same things over and over again.
alvin turned 23 a few days back!
i arranged a simple dinner date @ Serenity spanish restaurant, vivo city
ambience was great for chilling out
we had the sofa seats as I was afraid to melt at the seats with the pretty seaview!
side kicks while waiting for our main course
I forgot the extact name of this course, but remembered the price very clearly
$88!
the most expensive sharing rice dish they served
it was good, but portion was quite small for such a cost (though i could not finish if they served more)
HAHAHA
while waiting for our food
i love note 2's front camera!
so gooooddd! :)
after dinner, while the sun was still up
coffee bean to try out their christmas specials
Off to butterfactory!
waiting for the doors to open!
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| drinks for the night! |
2 of my girls who came down!
it was a good night!!
now, for my favorite part of the post
i purchased the PALLADIO beauty rice paper blotters from cherry culture a few weeks back
it was on sale, 25% off and i decided to give it a try.
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| (picture taken before usage of the blotters) |
retail on cherry culture site: $4usd (before discount)
I have been using the pink grapefruit blotters from J&J for quite sometime and i am pretty satisfied with it
it blots, smells good and has some kind of matting effect. I enjoy using it cause it is not always necessary to touch up after using them.
the cons about it: price
it is easily available at most departmental stores: ntuc, watsons, etc; BUT the price for 1 ranges from $3.50 up
of course, being typical Singaporean, I found a place where I could easily get a good deal
@ Ocean (chinatown) or venus, you can get it at $2.80/ pack of 50 sheets!
how easy does a venus comes by or how often will i make a trip down to chinatown (now that i had a straight bus to work!)
anyway, i never need to step out to get my facial blotters anymore. HAHA!
the packaging of it looks super vintage and oriental, like the 60s
its said to be made of natural rice, able to absorb oil in a compact manner
plus plus, you can even choose a shade which is closest to your skin colour, the mattifying properties also ensures that you need not need to do any touch ups after blotting
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left side - powdered
right side - blot away |
I am a lazy girl, i use the powdered side only and i feel it works equally good and well :P
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me face after a few hours at work
T-zone area always very shiny =/ |
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| blot blot - look at that!! |
another great thing about this rice paper is that it will never cause the opposite side of the blotter to turn unsightly. people looking at you will never know how oily your face
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| after blotting! no touch ups! |
